Patents by Inventor Hironobu Konno

Hironobu Konno has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11619898
    Abstract: An image forming unit forms test images of a color of the same type as a first color using toner of a second color and toner of a third color, transfers first and second test images, fixes the test images on a sheet, controls a sensor to read the test images, determines sampling timings for the test images based on an output signal related to the first test image outputted from the sensor using a color filter of a fourth color, acquires a result of reading the test images based on a reading result of the test images on the sheet by the color sensor using a color filter of the first color and the sampling timing, and determines a transfer voltage based on the result of reading the test images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Koizumi, Keisuke Kitajima, Tetsuhiro Yoshimoto, Hironobu Konno, Takeyuki Suda, Takaaki Doshida, Shinichi Isozaki, Ryo Mikami
  • Publication number: 20220253010
    Abstract: An image forming unit forms test images of a color of the same type as a first color using toner of a second color and toner of a third color, transfers a first and second test images, fixes the test images on a sheet, controls a sensor to read test images, determines sampling timings for the test images based on an output signal related to the first test image outputted from the sensor using a color filter of a fourth color, acquires a result of reading the test images based on a reading result of the test images on the sheet by the color sensor using a color filter of the first color, and the sampling timing, and determines a transfer voltage based on the result of reading the test images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Koizumi, Keisuke Kitajima, Tetsuhiro Yoshimoto, Hironobu Konno, Takeyuki Suda, Takaaki Doshida, Shinichi Isozaki, Ryo Mikami
  • Patent number: 11188012
    Abstract: With stoppage of recording material feeding including a first belt and a second belt (YES in S1), a controller causes cooling operation for the recording material by a cooling fan and a belt fan to continue without stop (S4). By continuing the cooling operation of a recording material cooling device, even if the recording material stagnates in the recording material cooling device in a state of being nipped by the first belt and the second belt, the temperature of the recording material can be lowered. Then, the toner on the recording material is cooled, the toner on the recording material is unlikely to adhere to the first belt or to the second belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazunari Hatazaki, Hironobu Konno
  • Publication number: 20210088946
    Abstract: With stoppage of recording material feeding including a first belt and a second belt (YES in S1), a controller causes cooling operation for the recording material by a cooling fan and a belt fan to continue without stop (S4). By continuing the cooling operation of a recording material cooling device, even if the recording material stagnates in the recording material cooling device in a state of being nipped by the first belt and the second belt, the temperature of the recording material can be lowered. Then, the toner on the recording material is cooled, the toner on the recording material is unlikely to adhere to the first belt or to the second belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Kazunari Hatazaki, Hironobu Konno